2019 Hits: Socius

SAGE MethodSpace features original posts, interviews, and resources about using, developing, teaching, or writing about research methods. As 2019 draws to a close, we’re highlighting relevant open access articles that attracted readers’ attentions this year. Note that the most read and cited articles were not necessarily published in 2019.

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World is an open access journal that aims to make new research readily available. It provides an online forum for the rapid dissemination of peer-reviewed empirical work, produced in time to be relevant to ongoing debates. Socius is a place to find fresh ideas, early discoveries, and open theoretical problems that can pose new challenges for social science. Committed to an efficient peer review process and open access, Socius’s online format ensures that all scientifically sound sociological research from any subfield can be published, without the volume constraints imposed by traditional print limits.